502 CLXVI. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Arisema. 
16. A. galeatum, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1879) ii. 102; leaf 
solitary, leaflets all petiolulate, lateral dimidiate-ovate or -cordate acumi- 
nate crenulate, median elliptic or ovate, tube of green spathe cylindric 
top incurved galeate much longer than the ovate-lanceolate acuminate 
pendulous limb the lower margins of which are recurved, appendage 
gradually narrowed from an elongate conic truncate base into a long 
thread. Bot. Mag. t. 6457. 
Sixxim HIMALAYA; Gammie (Hort. Kew). al 
Tuber small. Petiole 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 7-14 in., median broadest, nerves brow G 
reticulate; petiolules 1-14 in. Peduncle much shorter than the petiole. So 
4-5 in., striped with white; limb 14 in., hanging half-way down the tube. Sp 
white; appendage sessile in the fem., stipitate in the male, thread pale purple 
tt Appendage of spadix far exserted bearing many neuters. 
17. A. fimbriatum, Masters in Gard. Chron. (1884) ii. 680, f. 119 
leaf solitary, leaflets subsessile broadly ovate caudate-acuminate, tube M 
purple spathe shorter than the large erect or incurved ovate-lanceola 
limb, appendage filiform clothed with filiform neuters. Regel Gartenf. 
(1886) 357, f. 40; Bot. Mag. t. 7150; Journ. of Hortic. 1886, f. 19. 
LANGKAWI Isrps., north of Penang (Hort. Sander), Curtis. k 
Rootstock tuberous, Petiole 6-10 in.; leaflets 5-7 in., nerves deeply n 
Peduncle as long as the petiole. Spathe about 6-7 in., tube 23 in., striped: grent 
and white, limb striped purple and white. Spadiz very slender throughout ; s 
dage twice as long as the tube, pendulous, red-purple, base not swollen; neute 
nearly 1 in., flexuous ; male fl. with a few ovaries scattered amongst the lower flowers. 
— The Philippine Isld. locality recorded in Gard. Chron. is probably an error. 
B. Pepatisecta. Leaves pedatisect. (Sp. 18-22.) 
* Appendage of spadiz elongate, far exserted. 
18. A. tortuosum, Schott Meletem. i. 17; Syn. 29; Prodr. 9 
leaves 2-3, leaflets 5-18 sessile or petiolulate ovate- or linear-lanceolate 
subcaudately acuminate, tube of green spathe about as long as the large 
incurved broadly cymbiform acuminate limb, appendage narrowed frm? 
the base to the tip erect then porrect and again erect. Kunth Enum. in. 5*3 
Blume Rumph. i. 105; Engler Lc. 545, and Ie. ined. n. 58. A- carey 
tum, Kunth l.c. 20; Schott Syn. 29; Prodr. 37; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom . 
Fl. 258; Bot. Mag. t. 5931; “Engler l. c. 544, and Ie. ined. No. 57. 1 
Steudelii, Schott in Bonpland. (1839) 26; Prodr. 37; Engler l. c. and A 
ined. n. 61. A. helleborifolium, Schott Syn. 99; Prodr. 36. A. comm» 
tatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859) 26; Prodr.35. Arum curvatum, Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. iii. $06; Wight Ic. +. 788. A. tortuosum, Wall, Pl. As. Rar. 
t. 10.—Arisema, Wall. Cat. 8926, 8927. 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 8000 ft., from Simla to Ps: 
The gusa Hrs, MUNNIPORE, the WESTERN Guats, from the Concan 
alabar. 
Tubers spheroidal, attaining 5 in. diam.  Petiole 1-3 ft., green or with the 
sheaths mottled with purple; leaflets 8-18 in., distant or crowded, 
radiately disposed. Peduncle 2-4 ft. Spathe 4-6 in., pale green or purp'*» i. 
subcylindric, gaping, gradually dilating into the limb. Spadiz uni- or bisexn®. s 
appendage like a rat’s tail, quite smooth.—Very common and varying E 
stature, the numbers and proportions and breadth of the leaflets, colou 
spathe, and moncecious or diccious flowers. In A. Steudelii there are a few SÉ 
above the male fl. The recorded Ceylon habitat is an error. 
